mockingbird
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- noun
- /ˈmɑːkɪŋbɜrd/
- US
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sinsonte
- "It's a northern mockingbird and it sings every night from eleven to three-thirty, directly below my window.
I always, I always in those moments when things are really quiet, I always, I always want a bird to go by like a mockingbird.
- I always, I always in those moments when things are really quiet, I always, I always want a bird to go by like a mockingbird.
Examples
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His hearing was back fully, and he heard the call of what he thought must be a mockingbird.
Fiction book (1999) -
I hear all the other birds in its cry, and I wonder if the mockingbird still has its own.
Fiction book (2000) -
After a while, the mockingbird lights up the air with its call.
Fiction book (2000) -
But now the mockingbirds are hummin'
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At night, the mockingbirds ring their warnings of cats coming across the neighborhoods.
Fiction book (1993) -
The air was hot already, stitched with the cries of mockingbirds drawn to the rich, rotted strawberries.
Fiction book (1994) -
Only the happy warble of a mockingbird and the rasp of grasshoppers scraping their hind legs broke the silence.
Fiction book (1995) -
In the early morning, the mockingbird sang beautifully, mimicking the calls of other birds around it.
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While hiking through the forest, we spotted a mockingbird perched on a branch, imitating the sounds of nearby sparrows.
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The mockingbird is known for its incredible ability to copy the melodies of over 200 different species of birds.
Synonyms
A grey and white songbird with a long tail that copies other birds' songs
Compounds
A bird with blue-grey feathers that sings beautifully and lives in western Mexico
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word mockingbird comes from the simple word mock, which means 'to copy or tease', plus bird. So a mockingbird is a bird known for copying the songs of other birds.